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The Barrowlands Final Small A commissioned piece done for Knight Errant Games.
Very elegant map.
Thank you
Marshlands are underrated.
Btw, I just got done looking at your other stuff, and it's all great! Wondered how you came to this style? I would love to see more of it. I'd pm with more questions, but I am new.
Thank you pgiustino. Are you referring to my hand drawn work or my photorealistic work? For the former, I guess my style has been influenced somewhat from artists I grew up loving as a kid, such as Mark Kistler (from his series The Draw Squad), as well as from artists here, such as Torstan, Max and J.Edwards. But a lot of it is just a matter of practice and what feels natural. As to the latter, I've written several tutorials having to do with creating photorealistic maps. A read through these will give you a good idea of how I go about creating these maps. Thanks again for the kind words. Cheers, -Arsheesh
